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A TRADE‐OFF ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE WATER USES 1
Author(s) -
Long Roger B.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1990.tb01360.x
Subject(s) - acre , hydropower , agriculture , agricultural economics , environmental science , economics , surface water , irrigated agriculture , water trading , water resources , water conservation , geography , agroforestry , environmental engineering , ecology , archaeology , biology
In the western United States, hydropower and agriculture often cempete for surface waters. Since water markets are imperfect, allocations are often made through institutional arrangements and policy The purpose of this paper is to compare the gross water returns from agriculture with hydropower in terms of water use in Idaho. For the year 1986, returns from agriculture averaged $200 per acre‐foot, and returns from hydropower averaged $8.00 per acre‐foot.